View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes setting up the boat for sleeping take so long?
(a) The tents keep collapsing.
(b) The blankets have bugs in them that need to be picked out.
(c) The hoops and canvas don't fit.
(d) The air mattress has a hole in it.

2. What happens to Harris when he appears to disappear during lunch with the other men?
(a) He faints.
(b) He falls into the edge of a gully hidden by tall grass.
(c) He plays a trick on J.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why can the men not get their canned items open during the trip?
(a) They have forgotten the can opener.
(b) It is strangely stuck shut.
(c) It has all melted together.
(d) Their can opener gets taken by the dog.

4. Why would J. get into trouble when he tried to make rafts?
(a) He would steal the material he needed.
(b) He made them too large.
(c) He was supposed to be at school instead.
(d) He made them too small.

5. What is the first sign that George's watch might be broken in the story J. tells?
(a) The coffee was cold.
(b) The sun had already been up for quite some time.
(c) The sun was not up.
(d) The landlady hadn't made breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes charge of the unusual item that the men see floating in the water after they pass Reading?

2. What does J. consider Marlow to be?

3. What kind of boat does J. remember renting with some friends on a windy day?

4. Where does George end up sleeping when he first visits Datchet?

5. What animal does Harris imagine has attacked him while George and J. were in Henley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of story is J. reminded of when he sees Montmorency attack the cat?

2. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?

3. How do George and J. end up getting to Henley?

4. How does Montmorency burn himself the night everyone makes stew?

5. How does J. end up being the first one to take a bath in the river?

6. What does George decide to do once he realizes he cannot go back to sleep the night his watch stops working?

7. What does Harris claim happens to him while George and J. are at Henley?

8. What ends up happening to the men's canned pineapple?

9. What kinds of complaints does J. have about steam-powered boats?

10. What does J. complain about sarcastically concerning the problem with being towed?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 787 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample